Books about the Creative Life

Steal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative by Austin Kleon

A Year of Writing Dangerously: 365 Days of Inspiration and Encouragement by Barbara Abercrombie

The Getaway Car: A Practical Memoir About Writing and Life (eBook only) by Ann Patchett

Books about Memoir-CRAFT

Handling the Truth: On the Writing of Memoir by Beth Kephart *(really thoughtful look at the psychic cost of penning memoir and the spirit with which you should offer a slice of your life to strangers)

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott

Word by Word by Anne Lamott (audio lecture) 

Books about STORY Structure & Fiction Technique

Anything by Sol Stein:  

• Stein on Writing: A Master Editor of Some of the Most Successful Writers of Our Century Shares His Craft Techniques and Strategies

• How to Grow a Novel: The Most Common Mistakes Writers Make and How to Overcome Them

STORY: Substance, Structure, Style, and the Principles of Screenwriting by Robert McKee

Refuse to Be Done by Matt Bell

The Emotional Craft of Fiction and Writing the Breakout Novel and The Fire in Fiction, all by Donald Maass

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King